BREAKING: Woman found dead in North Coventry house fire (video)

Smoke silhouettes firefighters on the scene of a house fire at 138 Mount Zion Ave. in North Coventry Tuesday morning. Police are investigating after a woman was found dead in the home. (Photo by Kevin Hoffman/The Mercury)

NORTH COVENTRY — A woman’s body was found in the kitchen area of a home at 138 Mount Zion Ave. in the South Pottstown section of the township early this morning after firefighters responded to a report of a fire.

According to North Coventry Police Chief Robert A. Schurr, the fire was discovered by a township officer on foot patrol.

The fire was reported shortly before 4 a.m. Tuesday, according to Mercury staff at the scene.